Re: New system - go for 9.1+upgrade - or go for 9.2-RC4?

On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 09:16:01AM +0200, Terje Elde wrote: > > Two options: > ... Thanks - helps alot. -ewald ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "

Re: New system - go for 9.1+upgrade - or go for 9.2-RC4?

On 25. sep. 2013, at 09.00, Ewald Jenisch wrote: o) Will upgrading kernel/system using > svn co svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/stable/9/ /usr/src > bring a 9.2-RC4 installed system up to date once 9.2 final is released? Two options: base/stable/9 - track 9-STABLE base/releng/9.2 - track 9.2-security

Re: New to Free-BSD with questions.

On Sat, 10 Aug 2013, r_oliva...@juno.com wrote: D.) Is there a site that I can download a complete copy of the documentation for Free-BSD, as one file and not a series/set of separate files? ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ has the Handbook in compressed

Re: New to Free-BSD with questions.

On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 09:58:07 GMT "r_oliva...@juno.com" wrote: > New to Free-BSD. Downloaded a current ISO image and burned it to a DVD. > System boots from DVD to command line mode. > Questions are: > A.) Is Xwindows, (X11) included on the DVD copy? Yes, included. > B.) If included, what com

Re: New to Free-BSD with questions.

On 10/08/2013 10:58, r_oliva...@juno.com wrote: New to Free-BSD. Downloaded a current ISO image and burned it to a DVD. System boots from DVD to command line mode. Questions are: A.) Is Xwindows, (X11) included on the DVD copy? That's X, X11, Xorg or the X-Window System. Yeah, kind-of but you'

Re: New to Free-BSD with questions.

On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 09:58:07 GMT, r_oliva...@juno.com wrote: > New to Free-BSD. Downloaded a current ISO image and burned it to a DVD. > System boots from DVD to command line mode. It should boot into a text mode installer. After installation, FreeBSD usually boots into a text mode (depending on w

Re: New User to FreeBSD

On Sun, 7 Oct 2012 12:47:26 +0530, alwin doss wrote: > But something about Linux always troubled me "It's licensing", "such > complex family of distributions which are so different from each other". A valid point. With UNIX basic knowledge, you can master nearly any "outdated" commercial UNIX, BSD

Re: New User to FreeBSD

> Let me be honest at the outset, I have never used an operating system other > than linux with enthusiasm. > But something about Linux always troubled me "It's licensing", "such > complex family of distributions which are so different from each other". > Which is when I came across FreeBSD. I fel

Re: New User to FreeBSD

[ Waitman Gobble wrote on Sun 7.Oct'12 at 0:38:30 -0700 ] > On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 12:17 AM, alwin doss wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Let me be honest at the outset, I have never used an operating system other > > than linux with enthusiasm. > > But something about Linux always troubled me "It's li

Re: New User to FreeBSD

On Sun, Oct 07, 2012 at 12:47:26PM +0530, alwin doss wrote: > Which is when I came across FreeBSD. I fell in love with it, but yes I have > never used it yet, I have tried many times to install it, but the > installation process is really hard, I must say. > I really want to install it on my lapto

Re: New User to FreeBSD

On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 12:17 AM, alwin doss wrote: > Hi, > > Let me be honest at the outset, I have never used an operating system other > than linux with enthusiasm. > But something about Linux always troubled me "It's licensing", "such > complex family of distributions which are so different fr

Re: new to subversion

Robert Huff rcn.com> writes: > > > One quick question: > > I've converted from csup to subversion for ports and docs. > Ports works fine, but for docs, I get messages like: > > Skipped 'mn_MN.UTF-8' -- Node remains in conflict > > Deleting the tree and pulling a fresh chack

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Eitan Adler wrote: > On 22 June 2012 11:44, Matthew Seaman > wrote: > > On 22/06/2012 18:40, Eitan Adler wrote: > >>> q) Is there a place where all sysctl variables are documented? It > >>> > occurred to me when I was trying to find the memory usage on my > syste

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

On 22 June 2012 11:44, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 22/06/2012 18:40, Eitan Adler wrote: >>> q) Is there a place where all sysctl variables are documented? It >>> > occurred to me when I was trying to find the memory usage on my system >>> > but `sysctl -a | grep mem' shows a whole bunch of stuff. >

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

On Jun 22, 2012 10:42 AM, "Eitan Adler" wrote: > > On 21 June 2012 04:24, Fred Morcos wrote: > > > > Introduction and background > > q) Is it possible to run a FreeBSD system without much building? In > > other words, can I survive by depending on packages and only resorting >

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

On 22/06/2012 18:40, Eitan Adler wrote: >> q) Is there a place where all sysctl variables are documented? It >> > occurred to me when I was trying to find the memory usage on my system >> > but `sysctl -a | grep mem' shows a whole bunch of stuff. > You can try sysctl -ad but most of the systls are

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

On 21 June 2012 04:24, Fred Morcos wrote: > >                     Introduction and background > q) Is it possible to run a FreeBSD system without much building? In > other words, can I survive by depending on packages and only resorting > to ports when really needed? To an extent. It is currently

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:14:54 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > the experimental development branch -HEAD, it _might_ happen that > > the system doesn't even compile, but updated 30 minutes after > > that "accident", it runs fine again. :-) > > > And finally unless doing tests or using privat

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

Hi, On Thursday 21 June 2012 23:55:38 Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:24:26 +0200, Fred Morcos wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Wojciech Puchar > > q) Is it possible to get native resolution on the console? I played > > with vesa and vidcontrol but could never get what I wan

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

the experimental development branch -HEAD, it _might_ happen that the system doesn't even compile, but updated 30 minutes after that "accident", it runs fine again. :-) And finally unless doing tests or using private not-really-important computer, don't just install newest FreeBSD because it's o

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:24:26 +0200, Fred Morcos wrote: > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Wojciech Puchar > wrote: > >> I'm quite new to FreeBSD too (RHEL/Fedora background), and am most > >> impressed with it so far. > > > > > > rather huge difference. If you use the "right" Linusi, you can gain

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

Maybe a hint. I leave always one big release out. With other words. If you start now with 9, you do not have to move to 10 but you can stick with 9 until 11 comes out. You do not even have to upgrade at the spot. my as i do - i for now run FreeBSD 8, and will run 9 when it will be needed with n

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

Hi, On Thursday 21 June 2012 18:24:26 Fred Morcos wrote: > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Wojciech Puchar > > q) Is it possible to run a FreeBSD system without much building? In > other words, can I survive by depending on packages and only resorting > to ports when really needed? you can run

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

+---+ |Stripe | +---+---+ |Mirror1|Mirror2| +---+---+---+---+ | Disk1 | Disk2 | Disk3 | Disk4 | +---+---+---+---+ true. but there are mirror/stripe layout that is quite bett

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

On 21/06/2012 12:24, Fred Morcos wrote: > q) I am currently considering 3 disks for a home micro-server, with > ZFS striping with the third disk being a parity disk. In case I decide > to buy a fourth disk in the future and add it to the pool, is ZFS > capable of re-structuring the data on-the-fly

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

Fred Morcos writes: > q) Is it possible to run a FreeBSD system without much building? > In other words, can I survive by depending on packages and only > resorting to ports when really needed? Mostly, yes. There are down-sides, but if you're building a client where specific function

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" I will go with a single thread. I will also try to keep it as short

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> I'm quite new to FreeBSD too (RHEL/Fedora background), and am most >> impressed with it so far. > > > rather huge difference. > > >> Secondly (and probably stating the obvious), the handbook >> >>

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

I'm quite new to FreeBSD too (RHEL/Fedora background), and am most impressed with it so far. rather huge difference. Secondly (and probably stating the obvious), the handbook is the place I always look first. and third - manuals. T

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

These are good guidelines to follow: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-questions/article.html Try to avoid X Y problems. Initiating it with the root question will give the best results. On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 7:32 AM, Fred Morcos wrote: > Hello all, > > I am new to

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:32:24 +0200, Fred Morcos wrote: > Hello all, > > I am new to FreeBSD, coming from a GNU/Linux background (most > comfortable with Archlinux). I compiled a series of questions I would > like to ask in different areas and categories. Should I send them all in > a single email

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

I am new to FreeBSD, coming from a GNU/Linux background (most comfortable with Archlinux). I compiled a series of questions I would like to ask in different areas and categories. Should I send them all in a single email message or should I split them by subject/topic into different emails? split

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

Hi, On Wednesday 20 June 2012 19:32:24 Fred Morcos wrote: > > I am new to FreeBSD, coming from a GNU/Linux background (most > comfortable with Archlinux). I compiled a series of questions I would > like to ask in different areas and categories. Should I send them all > in a single email message o

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

On 6/20/12 2:32 PM, Fred Morcos wrote: > Hello all, > > I am new to FreeBSD, coming from a GNU/Linux background (most > comfortable with Archlinux). I compiled a series of questions I would > like to ask in different areas and categories. Should I send them all > in a single email message or sho

Re: New iso format on 9.0

On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:31:23 -0800, Robison, Dave wrote: On 02/21/2012 10:28, Devin Teske wrote: Why can't you mount the disc on /mnt and then use tar after mounting the disk to copy the files from /mnt to /destdir ... tar cpf - -C /mnt . | tar xvpf - -C /destdir That will preserve hard links

Re: New iso format on 9.0

On 02/21/2012 10:28, Devin Teske wrote: > Why can't you mount the disc on /mnt and then use tar after mounting the disk > to copy the files from /mnt to /destdir ... > > tar cpf - -C /mnt . | tar xvpf - -C /destdir > > That will preserve hard links, symlinks, permissions, and times (and doesn't >

RE: New iso format on 9.0

> -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of ego...@ramattack.net > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 10:14 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: New iso format on 9.0 >

Re: New iso format on 9.0

Devin Teske fisglobal.com> writes: > > > > -Original Message- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > > questions freebsd.org] On Behalf Of jb > > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 9:53 AM > > To: freebsd-question

RE: New iso format on 9.0

umount /mnt vnconfig -u vn99c Or, you can just download this script which works on both Linux and FreeBSD: http://druidbsd.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/druidbsd/druidbsd/druid/src/tools/umo unt_iso.sh?view=log Usage: ./umount_iso.sh /mnt Hello all, And thanks a lot

RE: New iso format on 9.0

> -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of jb > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 9:53 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: New iso format on 9.0 > >

Re: New iso format on 9.0

ramattack.net> writes: > > Good morning, > > Previously I was doing a : 'tar -C /expert/netboot/freebsd8 -pxvf > 8.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso' for extracting iso files. > ... There is a simple way to access contents of an iso file: # mount -o loop some.iso /mnt jb _

Re: New iso format on 9.0

On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:33:56 +, Matthew Seaman wrote: On 21/02/2012 12:46, ego...@ramattack.net wrote: Previously I was doing a : 'tar -C /expert/netboot/freebsd8 -pxvf 8.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso' for extracting iso files. Now due to a different way of creating iso files in this new release

Re: New iso format on 9.0

On 21/02/2012 12:46, ego...@ramattack.net wrote: > Previously I was doing a : 'tar -C /expert/netboot/freebsd8 -pxvf > 8.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso' for extracting iso files. Now due to a > different way of creating iso files in this new release... have read > this is not recommended and in fact it

Re: New FreeBSD User | HP Doesn't Boot

On 10/09/11 01:11, Michael Starr wrote: Hello Everyone, I am a brand new FreeBSD user with minimal Unix knowledge. I have "successfully" installed FreeBSD on a computer dedicated to the operating system. However, after rebooting, the machine can't boot, nor get into BIOS. I installed the sys

Re: New FreeBSD User | HP Doesn't Boot

On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 8:51 PM, Colin Barnabas wrote: > Are you able to boot from the usb you used to install? If yes, > then my first instinct would be to scrub the disk and > start over. Hopefully what ever is going on is just a freak anomaly. > > If you can boot the from the usb stick, go to t

Re: New FreeBSD User | HP Doesn't Boot

Are you able to boot from the usb you used to install? If yes, then my first instinct would be to scrub the disk and start over. Hopefully what ever is going on is just a freak anomaly. If you can boot the from the usb stick, go to the fixit shell and run dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad0 bs=1k That w

Re: New FreeBSD User | HP Doesn't Boot

The chances that you have inadvertently altered your BIOS are quite slim. What does the machine display when you try to boot? On Sat, Oct 08, 2011 at 04:11:31PM -0700, Michael Starr wrote: > Hello Everyone, > >I am a brand new FreeBSD user with minimal Unix knowledge. I have > "successfully"

Re: new to os

On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Al Plant wrote: > per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: >> [...] > Aloha all: > > Thanks for the many helpful suggestions for WP5 (was ancestor of WP 7 - 8 I > think). > > I'll have plenty ideas to try. > Funny thing is that the OP never replied! -- Alejandro Imass

Re: new to os

per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Lars Eighner wrote: You might, for example, still have your copy of WP 5 -- I do. But printers that work with the printer drivers are now museum pieces ... With the notable exception of PostScript printers. WP5 probably had a driver for the Apple LaserWriter, an

Re: new to os

On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 10:21:57PM -0500, Lars Eighner wrote: > > They all have true multiprocessing so you can switch from one command > line environment (virtual terminal) to another with a keystroke. Do you mean "multitasking" here, rather than "multiprocessing"? -- Chad Perrin [ original co

Re: new to os

Lars Eighner writes: > On Fri, 19 Aug 2011, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > >>> Aloha Lars, >>> >>> You mentioned WP5 in this thread. I have some docs on disks that were >>> created in WP5. You know any FreeBSD based app like abiword that can >>> read them for transfer to a contemporary program? >> >>

Re: new to os

On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 03:18:09PM -0700, scott mcclellan wrote: > I'm looking to try something different with my machine (or maybe I'm > going through a midlife crisis). >   > Currently run Wimdows (point and click), and would like to gravitate > back to DOS (this is a thing of the ancient past

Re: new to os

Lars Eighner wrote: > On Fri, 19 Aug 2011, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > > >> Aloha Lars, > >> > >> You mentioned WP5 in this thread. I have some docs on disks that were > >> created in WP5. You know any FreeBSD based app like abiword that can > >> read them for transfer to a contemporary program? > >

Re: new to os

On Fri, 19 Aug 2011, Julian H. Stacey wrote: Aloha Lars, You mentioned WP5 in this thread. I have some docs on disks that were created in WP5. You know any FreeBSD based app like abiword that can read them for transfer to a contemporary program? Do you mean Word Perfect ? Wordperfect-8.0 used

Re: new to os

> Aloha Lars, > > You mentioned WP5 in this thread. I have some docs on disks that were > created in WP5. You know any FreeBSD based app like abiword that can > read them for transfer to a contemporary program? Do you mean Word Perfect ? Wordperfect-8.0 used to run on FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE & was

Re: new to os

Lars Eighner wrote: > You might, for example, still have your copy of WP 5 -- I do. > But printers that work with the printer drivers are now museum > pieces ... With the notable exception of PostScript printers. WP5 probably had a driver for the Apple LaserWriter, and -- while actual LaserWrit

Re: new to os

On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:18:09 -0700 (PDT) scott mcclellan wrote: > I'm looking to try something different with my machine (or maybe I'm > going through a midlife crisis). Hey, learning new things is never bad. Not to do so is to stagnate. I was in my late 30s myself when I took up Unix in earne

Re: new to os

Quoth Lars Eighner on Thursday, 18 August 2011: > On Thu, 18 Aug 2011, Al Plant wrote: > > >Aloha Lars, > > > >You mentioned WP5 in this thread. I have some docs on disks that were > >created in WP5. You know any FreeBSD based app like abiword that can read > >them for transfer to a contemporary

Re: new to os

On Thu, 18 Aug 2011, Al Plant wrote: Aloha Lars, You mentioned WP5 in this thread. I have some docs on disks that were created in WP5. You know any FreeBSD based app like abiword that can read them for transfer to a contemporary program? I don't know of anything. If I recall correctly, abi

Re: new to os

On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Polytropon wrote: [...] > Furthermore, I always thought the TRS-80 ran CP/M, not DOS, > but I could be wrong as I (1st) didn't do any research on > it (first sin!) and (2nd) don't own one so I could check. > They ran many things. I had several, even an older TRS

Re: new to os

Lars Eighner wrote: On Thu, 18 Aug 2011, scott mcclellan wrote: I'm looking to try something different with my machine (or maybe I'm going through a midlife crisis). Currently run Wimdows (point and click), and would like to gravitate back to DOS (this is a thing of the ancient past for me 30

Re: new to os

On Thu, 18 Aug 2011, scott mcclellan wrote: I'm looking to try something different with my machine (or maybe I'm going through a midlife crisis). Currently run Wimdows (point and click), and would like to gravitate back to DOS (this is a thing of the ancient past for me 30 years - on a TRS-80).

Re: new to os

On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 03:18:09PM -0700, scott mcclellan wrote: > > I'm looking to try something different with my machine (or maybe I'm > going through a midlife crisis). > > Currently run Wimdows (point and click), and would like to gravitate > back to DOS (this is a thing of the ancient past fo

Re: new to os

On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:18:09 -0700 (PDT) scott mcclellan wrote: > I'm looking to try something different with my machine (or maybe I'm > going through a midlife crisis). > Currently run Wimdows (point and click), and would like to gravitate > back to DOS (this is a thing of the ancient past for

Re: new to os

On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:18:09 -0700 (PDT), scott mcclellan wrote: > I'm looking to try something different with my machine (or > maybe I'm going through a midlife crisis). Pick FreeBSD as an OS, it will be a benefit for your UNIX skills and your productivity, as well as for your opinion about learn

Re: new to os

On 2011-08-19 00:18, scott mcclellan wrote: I'm looking to try something different with my machine (or maybe I'm going through a midlife crisis). Currently run Wimdows (point and click), and would like to gravitate back to DOS (this is a thing of the ancient past for me 30 years - on a TRS-8

Re: New FreeBSD8.2 server install.

Chris Brennan wrote: > 1) 1x150GB PATA/EIDE drive > 2) 2x80GB Drives (1 SATA, 1 PATA/EIDE) > 3) 1x60GB PATA/EIDE drive > 4) 2x40GB PATA/EIDE drives > > The machine is a P4 Prescott, 2.6Ghz Machine (32-bit CPU) ... First, decide whether you're going to use ZFS. Memory size is one

Re: New FreeBSD8.2 server install.

Em Seg, 2011-06-20 às 13:01 -0400, Chris Brennan escreveu: > I've got a new machine to replace the one that died on me a few weeks > ago and since then, I've collected and cataloged my drives of various > sizes and I am curious if I am able to do something like a poor-mans > LVM, I thought abou

Re: New FreeBSD8.2 server install.

On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:01:18 -0400, Chris Brennan wrote: > I've got a new machine to replace the one that died on me a few weeks > ago and since then, I've collected and cataloged my drives of various > sizes and I am curious if I am able to do something like a poor-mans > LVM, I thought about g

Re: New games for you

On Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:45:22 +0100 Bruce Cran articulated: > On 19/06/2011 12:38, Jerry wrote: > > > Interestingly enough, WOT rates that site > > "very poor" and displays a warning when it is visited. > > I suspect some people like reporting sites as bad. Mine was report

Re: New to FreeBsd

make sure your ports are up to date #portsnap fetch #portsnap extract change into the port directory #cd /usr/ports you can search through ports using these command in /usr/ports #make search name=python or #make search key=python On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 9:16 AM, George George wrote: > I am new

Re: New to FreeBsd

On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 16:16:13 +0200 George George wrote: > I am new to the Free BSD and i have a question on how to install a > packet.What i have to type to download a python editor?I cant find the right > packet name.Thank you very much. > ___ > freebsd

Re: New to FreeBsd

On Mon, Jan 03, 2011 at 04:16:13PM +0200, George George wrote: > I am new to the Free BSD and i have a question on how to install a > packet.What i have to type to download a python editor?I cant find the right > packet name.Thank you very much. Hello George, If you mean 'packages' then start rea

Re: New to FreeBsd

Hi, > I am new to the Free BSD and i have a question on how to install a > packet.What i have to type to download a python editor?I cant find the right > packet name.Thank you very much. there are mainly two ways to install packages - via ports (i.e. you compile it yourself) or via pkg_add. The fi

Re: new termcap entry for rxvt-unicode-256color

Quoth Frédéric Perrin on Wednesday, 15 December 2010: > Le mercredi 15 à 0:14, Chip Camden a écrit : > > Quoth Frédéric Perrin on Tuesday, 14 December 2010: > >> So, I am now able to say that when adding the following entries to > >> 8.1's termcap file, my terminal works as expected : > >> > >> rx

Re: new termcap entry for rxvt-unicode-256color

Le mercredi 15 à 0:14, Chip Camden a écrit : > Quoth Frédéric Perrin on Tuesday, 14 December 2010: >> So, I am now able to say that when adding the following entries to >> 8.1's termcap file, my terminal works as expected : >> >> rxvt-256color|rxvt terminal emulator with 256 colors:\ >> :C

Re: new termcap entry for rxvt-unicode-256color

Quoth Frédéric Perrin on Tuesday, 14 December 2010: > Le mardi 14 à 22:23, Frédéric Perrin a écrit : > > Le lundi 13 à 17:11, Chip Camden a écrit : > >> Quoth Frédéric Perrin on Monday, 13 December 2010: > >>> rxvt-unicode version 9.09 was released last month. It added support for > >>> 256 colors

Re: new termcap entry for rxvt-unicode-256color

Quoth Frédéric Perrin on Tuesday, 14 December 2010: > Le lundi 13 à 17:11, Chip Camden a écrit : > > Quoth Frédéric Perrin on Monday, 13 December 2010: > >> rxvt-unicode version 9.09 was released last month. It added support for > >> 256 colors in the default configuration, and the default value of

Re: new termcap entry for rxvt-unicode-256color

Le mardi 14 à 22:23, Frédéric Perrin a écrit : > Le lundi 13 à 17:11, Chip Camden a écrit : >> Quoth Frédéric Perrin on Monday, 13 December 2010: >>> rxvt-unicode version 9.09 was released last month. It added support for >>> 256 colors in the default configuration, and the default value of $TERM >

Re: new termcap entry for rxvt-unicode-256color

Le lundi 13 à 17:11, Chip Camden a écrit : > Quoth Frédéric Perrin on Monday, 13 December 2010: >> rxvt-unicode version 9.09 was released last month. It added support for >> 256 colors in the default configuration, and the default value of $TERM >> changed to rxvt-unicode-256color (from rxvt-unicod

Re: new termcap entry for rxvt-unicode-256color

Le lundi 13 à 22:43, Thomas Dickey a écrit : > On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 08:11:47AM -0800, Chip Camden wrote: >> Quoth Frédéric Perrin on Monday, 13 December 2010: >>> rxvt-unicode version 9.09 was released last month. It added support for >>> 256 colors in the default configuration, and the default

Re: new termcap entry for rxvt-unicode-256color

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 08:11:47AM -0800, Chip Camden wrote: > Quoth Frédéric Perrin on Monday, 13 December 2010: > > Hello, > > > > rxvt-unicode version 9.09 was released last month. It added support for > > 256 colors in the default configuration, and the default value of $TERM > > changed to rx

Re: new termcap entry for rxvt-unicode-256color

Quoth Frédéric Perrin on Monday, 13 December 2010: > Hello, > > rxvt-unicode version 9.09 was released last month. It added support for > 256 colors in the default configuration, and the default value of $TERM > changed to rxvt-unicode-256color (from rxvt-unicode). > > This results in slightly in

Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)

> For a standard installation, there's also the base console > functionality: ALT+F(n) key combo - each one, F1 up to (IIRC) F12, > gets a different console. This depends on how many virtual consoles have been defined in the /etc/ttys file. I think the default is 0 up to 7, and 8 (corresponds to P

Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)

On Fri 26 Nov 2010 at 14:31:23 PST Chip Camden wrote: Quoth Polytropon on Friday, 26 November 2010: FIVE! Using a tiling window manager like xmonad, just open another xterm. Either share a workspace between them, or put one of them in a different workspace, depending on whether you like to be

Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)

On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 06:53, Chris Brennan wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 6:30 AM, Dave wrote: > > >   Yes, I found that, good info.  I'm relying on the freebsd.org site man > > pages and documentation among others, as I'm finding it too inconvenient > > (bad short term memory) using the ma

Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)

On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 13:18, Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 09:53:51 -0500, Chris Brennan > wrote: >> There are two options that I know of that could make this part easier for >> you >> >> 1) screen (tried and true) can do split windows/multiple windows although >> I've never been abl

Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)

On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Chris Brennan wrote: > No need to specify the full path w/ portmaster ... just "portmaster > --no-confirm -D sysutils/tmux" is sufficient, portsnap is the best/easiest > way to get the latest snapshot of ports. No real reason not to unless your > using a custom po

Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)

On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Dave wrote: > On 27 Nov 2010 at 11:22, Adam Vande More wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Dave wrote: > > > > > > > > > > /usr/ports/sysutils/screen/ > > > > > > > > > > Ryan, thanks, but no 'ports' is installed on this box, it was built > > > with a

Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)

On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 17:06:06 -, "Dave" wrote: > Ryan, thanks, but no 'ports' is installed on this box, it was built with > a net install, from a V8.0 boot disk, earlier this year (April if memory > serves.) Use this: # pkg_add -r screen Precompiled packaes work without a ports tre

Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)

On 27 Nov 2010 at 11:22, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Dave wrote: > > > > > > > /usr/ports/sysutils/screen/ > > > > > > > Ryan, thanks, but no 'ports' is installed on this box, it was built > > with a net install, from a V8.0 boot disk, earlier this year (April > >

Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)

On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Dave wrote: > > > > /usr/ports/sysutils/screen/ > > > > > > > > Ryan, thanks, but no 'ports' is installed on this box, it was built with > a net install, from a V8.0 boot disk, earlier this year (April if memory > serves.) > > I find now, that Sysinstall's ports

Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)

> Hi. > > As I now have ssh working, I can indeed have multiple logins running in > indipendant windows on another box. (because I have it) I'm using PuTTY > on Win2k. > http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ > > It appears to wo

Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)

On 26 Nov 2010 at 22:18, Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 09:53:51 -0500, Chris Brennan > wrote: > There are two options that I know of > that could make this part easier for > you > > 1) screen (tried and > true) can do split windows/multiple windows although > I've never been > able to c

Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)

On 26 Nov 2010 at 9:53, Ryan Coleman wrote: > > On Nov 26, 2010, at 8:53 AM, Chris Brennan wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 6:30 AM, Dave > > wrote: > > > >> Yes, I found that, good info. I'm relying on the freebsd.org site > >> man > >> pages and documentation among others, as I'm find

Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)

Quoth Polytropon on Friday, 26 November 2010: > On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 09:53:51 -0500, Chris Brennan > wrote: > > There are two options that I know of that could make this part easier for > > you > > > > 1) screen (tried and true) can do split windows/multiple windows although > > I've never been a

Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)

On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 09:53:51 -0500, Chris Brennan wrote: > There are two options that I know of that could make this part easier for > you > > 1) screen (tried and true) can do split windows/multiple windows although > I've never been able to correctly figure it out > > 2) tmux (the pretentious

Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)

On Nov 26, 2010, at 8:53 AM, Chris Brennan wrote: > On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 6:30 AM, Dave wrote: > >> Yes, I found that, good info. I'm relying on the freebsd.org site man >> pages and documentation among others, as I'm finding it too inconvenient >> (bad short term memory) using the man page

Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)

On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 6:30 AM, Dave wrote: > Yes, I found that, good info. I'm relying on the freebsd.org site man > pages and documentation among others, as I'm finding it too inconvenient > (bad short term memory) using the man pages on the system. At least I > can have the website pages

Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)

On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 11:30:29 -, "Dave" wrote: > The original instructions I used when creating the GPS/NTP server, > resulted in the BASH shell being used. I think that's part of the odd > problem, as that does not show up in the list of known shell's, when > creating a new user. The Bo

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